Saturday, November 12th at 7:00 PM

DocumentaryThree aging but young at heart brothers, Bubi, Andrea and Emmanuel, are on a quest. Together, they are returning to Italy in search of the cave that sheltered them as young boys 70 years earlier, when their family went into hiding in the Tuscany woods in order to escape the Nazis. The landmark they seek proves elusive, as does their search for shared memories of events that each of them remembers so differently. Is it true that we are what we remember?

Saturday, November 12th at 9:00 PM

DramaBased on the novel by writer/director Peter Gardos, and inspired by the true story of his own parents, this poignant film about love and destiny recounts the tale of an unlikely romance between two Hungarian Holocaust survivors who are recuperating in Swedish refugee camps immediately after the war. Ailing 25-year-old Miklos, informed by the doctors that he has only six months to live, defiantly refuses to accept that fate.

THE JAY JOFFE MEMORIAL PROGRAM OF THE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA

DocumentaryWhat if everything you'd been told about your past was untrue? Two brothers, Izak and Shepsel, born in a displaced persons camp in Germany after World War II, have lived their entire lives in the shadow of secrets kept from them by the people closest to them. Separated as babies, neither was told that the other existed. Izak , now almost 70 years old, was sent to Israel for adoption at the age of three, while Shepsel ended up in Canada.

Sunday, November 13th at 2:50 PM

DocumentaryThis moving documentary tells the inspiring story of Israeli pediatric cardiologist Dr. Akiva Tamir and his team, who perform life-saving operations in Tanzania – a country where five children die every day of untreated heart conditions. Hundreds of children are examined by Dr. Tamir and his team, but they cannot all receive the required surgery.

Sunday, November 13th at 4:00 PM

DocumentaryA journey to a mountain peak becomes a journey into the heart when a group of remarkable young people with Down syndrome embark on a demanding trek through the Indian Himalayas, accompanied by their brothers and sisters.

DocumentarySaar Maoz is an HIV-positive gay man living in London, where he found refuge 18 years ago after being forced to leave the religious kibbutz in Israel where he was born and raised. Saar sings in the London Gay Men's Chorus, whose members have become his surrogate family, supporting him through his illness.

Comedy DramaBrimming with warmth and humour, filmmaker Emil Ben Shimon's charming debut feature unfolds within a small and close-knit community of observant Sephardic Jews whose peaceful world is thrown into discord when a young and charismatic rabbi stumbles into their lives by chance, and is soon trying to coax them into adopting a lifestyle more in keeping with his own ultra-orthodox standards.

Saturday, November 19th at 9:00 PM

Romantic ComedyFor Moos, a young single woman, life has been all about taking care of her father and helping out in the family shop ever since her mother passed away. But with the arrival of her long-time childhood friend Sam, visiting from Israel where he now lives, Moos suddenly realises that her life has been on hold and she needs to start following her own dreams before it's too late.

Sunday, November 20th at 1:00 PM

DocumentaryWhat happens when a grand family tale meets reality? Young Israeli film director Mor Kaplansky sets off to Berlin on a quest to find out what's left of her family's legendary café, about which her aging grandmother has always spoken with such great pride. According to family legend, Café Nagler – once owned by Mor's great-grandparents before they immigrated to Palestine in 1925 - was the hottest place in Berlin during the roaring 1920s.

DramaAward-winning performances and stunning cinematography highlight this affecting and emotionally-intense drama about a strong-willed young woman with a mild mental disability who longs for independence. Hagit lives in a small town in Israel's Negev desert with her nurturing but overly-protective mother Sarah, a divorcee who has given up her own life for the sake of her daughter.

Sunday, November 20th at 3:50 PM

DocumentaryAs vice-president of Jobbik, Hungary's far-right extremist party, Csanad Szegedi passionately espoused anti-Semitic rhetoric and Holocaust denials, and founded the Hungarian Guard, a now-banned militia inspired by a pro-Nazi group complicit in the murder of thousands of Jews during WWII. Then came a revelation which upended his life: Szegedi's maternal grandparents were revealed to be Jewish and his beloved grandmother an Auschwitz survivor who had hidden her faith fearing further persecution.

Sunday, November 20th at 7:30 PM

DramaThis gripping drama is based on the inspiring true story of a man who risked everything to save thousands of Jews. In 1938, after the Nazis annex Austria, neighboring Switzerland responds by declaring itself neutral and closing its borders to Jewish refugees. Not all Swiss officials, however, obey the new policy. Putting his own career at stake, Swiss Police Commander Paul Gruninger chooses to willfully defy his government's decision.

Saturday, November 26th at 7:00 PM

DramaWinner of the 2016 Israeli Academy Award for Best Film and Best Director, and Israel's official submission for the 2017 Oscars, Elite Zexer's mesmerizing debut feature film – a powerful family drama – unfolds in a Bedouin desert village in Southern Israel.

Comedy-DramaIn this bittersweet comedy-drama, Eyal and Vicky, a grieving middle-aged couple, are trying to come to terms with the loss of their 25-year-old son. When the traditional seven-day mourning period comes to an end, Vicky is intent on returning to her daily routine, and urges her husband to do the same.

Sunday, November 27th at 1:00 PM

DocumentaryThrough the skilled lens of Director Erez Laufer, Rabin in his own Words does for the film-lover what a well-written, page-turning autobiography does for the bibliophile. Rare and brilliantly curated archival footage, home movies and private letters allow Israel's former Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, to posthumously share his personal and public story in his own voice, unpacking a fascinating social and political history of the country he loved. Rabin in his own Words brings this sometimes controversial yet always iconic leader back to life, if only momentarily, underscoring the personal and political triumphs and tribulations of a man who served at some of the most critical junctures in Israeli history, morphing from a farmer, to a military man, diplomat, ambassador, politician, minister of defense, two-time prime minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Sunday, November 27th at 3:00 PM

USA 2016, Director: Janina Quint, English & German with English subtitles, 76 minutes

DocumentaryToday, Europe's fastest growing Jewish population is in Berlin – a development that could never have been imagined in 1945. This insightful and thought-provoking documentary explores Germany's transformation as a society, from silence about the Holocaust to facing it head on, in the context of the fraught and fragile relations between Jews living in Germany today and non-Jews.

Sunday, November 27th at 7:15 PM

USA 2016, Director: Kahane Cooperman, English, 24 minutes

Winner - Grand Jury Award for Best Short Documentary, Lighthouse Int'l FFWinner - Audience Award for Best Short Film, Nantucket Film FestivalWinner - Audience Award for Best Short Film, Montclair Film Festival

THE DR. MARTHA COHEN MEMORIAL SCREENING

Short DocumentaryThis poignant short documentary follows the journey of a single violin, donated to a local instrument drive in New York by 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Joseph ("Joe") Feingold. Purchased by Joe shortly after the war in a displaced persons camp in exchange for a carton of cigarettes, the violin has accompanied him and been a source of comfort and joy for him over the past 70 years.

Sunday, November 27th at 7:45 PM

Israel 2015, Director: Ido Haar, English, 80 minutes

Winner: Israeli Academy Award for Best Documentary 2016

THE DR. MARTHA COHEN MEMORIAL SCREENING

DocumentaryHailed by film critics as "thoroughly inspirational" (Variety), "enthralling" (Haaretz) and "joyously uplifting" (Toronto Star), this award-winning documentary follows a real-life dream-come-true story as it unfolds across continents. Samantha Montgomery lives alone in one of New Orleans' toughest neighborhoods. By day, she works as a caregiver for the elderly. By night, she uploads homemade a cappella videos of her soulful original songs to YouTube under the moniker "Princess Shaw", usually reaching only a handful of viewers.